TERMITIDES. 501 



Genus 5. LEPINOTUS. 



Ocelli 2, contigui. Tarsorum articulus lus 2o duplo longior. 

 Lepinotus, Von Hey den, Ent. Zeit. Stett. xi. 84. 



Crown with three contiguous ocelli : first joint of the tarsi twice 

 the length of the second : two rudiments of wings. 



1. LEPINOTUS INQUILINUS. 



Obscure fuscus, breviter pubescens ; antennis pedibusque flavescen- 

 tibus ; femoribus anticis crassis. Long, f lin. 



Lepinotus inquilinus, Von Hey den, Ent. Zeit. Stettin, xi. 84. 

 Austria, Tyrol, Hungary. 



Fam. 2. TERMITIDES. 



Lahium fissura. Tarsi 3-4-articulati. Alas sequales. 



Termes, p., Linn. 



Termitides, Lair. 



Termitida?, Leach ; Westw. 



Corrodentia, p. (Termitina et Embida?), Burm. 



Termitina (Termitida? et Embiadae), Newman. 



" Imago flies slowly and laboriously, and rids itself of its 

 wings before founding a new colony. Antennae moderately long, 

 moniliform. Head depressed, received in the prothorax. Eyes he- 

 mispherical, small, distant, lateral. Mandibles strong, corneous. 

 Prothorax transverse, fully developed.. Wings 4, long, membranous, 

 of equal size and form, decumbent but not deflected when at rest ; 

 hind pair not folded. Abdomen with 2 minute caudal papillae. 

 Tarsi 3- or 4-jointed. Larva and pupa terrestrial, active, hexapod, 

 furnished with powerful mandibles : social, constructive, voracious, 

 omnivorous." Newman. 



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